English

It is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family of camels. The word
guanaco is the same in English and in Spanish.

It is similar to the llama but bigger, the name of the species is
Lama Guanicoe. It is famous for its high quality wool, its body is covered by
abundant long and shining hair; it is generally dark brown but sometimes could
be gray, yellowish, red and even white.

It is also characterized by its longand thin legs. It lives in the
Andes Mountains, in South América, in places where the altitude is
over 4000 meters.

The Tehuelches and Onas used to hunt these guanacos.

Nowadays this beautiful animal is becoming extinct

Gabriela Mistral

Spanish

English

Gabriela Mistral was born in 1889 in Vicuña (Chile), and her real name
was Lucía de María del Perpetuo Socorro. Her parents were
Jerónimo Godoy and Petronila Alcayaga.

She was teacher, director and inspector of many schools and high schools.

She won the Juego Florales Prize with her "Sonetos de la Muerte" and with this,
she made herself known as Gabriela Mistral.

She was the only iberoamerican woman who won the Nobel Prize of Literature in
1945.